UTEP is set to assist with COVID-19 vaccination efforts in El Paso by serving as a COVID-19 vaccine provider as early as the week of Jan.18.   According to a campus wide email sent out by UTEP President Heather Wilson, the Texas Department of State...

As the coronavirus pandemic put a limit to in-person courses and shifted classes to online and hybrid methods, professors across the country found themselves needing to adjust to the new normal. A well-deserved and long-needed winter break let UTEP professors'...

With the spring semester officially beginning Jan. 19, UTEP has announced its campus services' hours of operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.   According to a news release from the Office of the Vice President for Business Affairs, the university...

  Five UTEP student-athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 according to release from the University and the athletes will self-quarantine for 14 days.   All UTEP Athletic facilities were immediately closed for extensive cleaning...

The UTEP Alumni Association annually honors 10 graduating or recently graduated seniors based on a combination of academic achievement, involvement, leadership and service both in the community and off campus. Although a banquet was unable to be held...

If I asked myself four years ago how I envisioned my experience at UTEP, it wouldn’t have been how it happened. Even going to study in another country was a whole new world to me back then, and I had to get used to so many different things.  At...

UTEP announced in an email to students a temporary change to its course grading policy that will allow professors to offer a “Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory” grading option for spring 2020 courses.   The aim of this change in policy is...

For more coverage on COVID-19 and its impact on UTEP, El Paso, the state and the nation, visit The Prospector's Coronavirus page. Updated at 9:41 p.m. The University of Texas at El Paso’s (UTEP) Technology Support Services will offer remote...

Every 10 years since 1790, people residing in the U.S. have participated in the census. In order to understand its importance, one must understand the importance of representation in Congress.    In Article 1, Section 2, the Constitution states,...

UTEP President Heather Wilson introduced a new scholarship opportunity for students called the Hawkins Scholarship, established by Wilson herself. The announcement took place during the Honors, Scholars and Fellows Day Wednesday, Feb. 5. The Hawkins...

Poké. You’ve seen it, probably eaten it and maybe even assumed you know all there is to it, but there’s a lot more to poké than just a different take on sushi.    Origins  Poké is a dish residing of ancient Hawaiian origin.  In an...

The Computer Engineering Department at UTEP received a $1 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to implement the Pathways to Success in Graduate Engineering (PASSE) program.  The PASSE program aims to help low-income, academically-talented...